The Beauties of the British Senate: Taken from the Debates of the Lords and Commons, from the Beginning of the Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, to the End of the Second Session of the Administration of the Right Hon. William Pitt : Being an Impartial Selection Of, Or Faithful Extracts From, the Most Eminent Speeches ... , with the Names of the Members, to Whom They are Ascribed, Annexed Thereto : to which is Prefixed, the Life of Sir Robert Walpole, Volume 1

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Página 149 Those who fay, they depend so much upon the honour, integrity, and impartiality
of men of family and fortune, seem to think our Constitution can never be
dissolved, as long as we have the shadow of a Parliament. My opinion, my Lord,
is so ...

Página 219 If they do, any one of them may, and always will, be a guard for our Constitution
and for our People, against the violence and oppression of both, or either of the
other two. If our King should resolve to make himself absolute, or if he and his ...

Página 240 And even in this kingdom, a civil war has more than once put an end to the
freedom of our Constitution ; for the civil war between the Houses of York and
Lancaster, established what I may very properly call an absolute Government in
the ...

Página 244 As to our Constitution, we seldom hear it talked of with common sense. You may
sind, in what men commonly call our Constitution, arguments and examples for
any thing you will. Nothing is so vague and unsettled as our Constitution was for
...

Página 303 Sir, I have no personal objections or dislike to the Noble Lord or the Right
Honourable Gentleman ; it is upon clear constitutional grounds that I resist this
vote, and I call upoa the independent part of the House that they will stand forth
and ...